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Example Sentences

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Choking up, she added, “I told my mom, ‘I think this is the universe sending me what I needed to feel like I’m a part of this community.’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Back then, you needed 10 appearances to get one - he had only made seven.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Still, Wizman said that a bigger truce was needed to calm markets, particularly over Iran’s nuclear program.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

“I’m just not threatened by it . . . Ten years ago, I would have needed to engage a visual effects house at an unbelievable cost to come up with this stuff,” he said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

She’d complimented my first shaky stitch and made me feel like I did belong here, no matter how long it took me to get through the forest path or how many verb charts I needed.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith